An all-day auction featuring 400 lots of estates and collections from throughout New England will be featured at the Winter Antiques Fine Art Auction of Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, will be held at their gallery on 63 Fourth Avenue (off Elmwood Ave) in Cranston on Saturday, January 14th. Three consecutive auction sessions will be held at 10:30am, Noon and 4:30pm.
 
A Neoclassical bronze figure of the Greek goddess Thetis on a large mantle clock by French sculptor Pierre Eugene Emile Hebert (1828-1893), a Madoura pottery partial glaze ceramic bowl by Pablo Picasso and an oil on board hunting scene by Gregory Hollyer (Br./Am., 1871-1965) are just part of the featured items in the auctions, which will feature a wide variety of decorative and fine arts, Asian art and objects, militaria and erotic art.
 
The first session, starting at 10:30am, will be a live-only event (no reserves, absentee or internet bidding) with more than 150 lots coming up for bid. The second session, a catalog and internet auction, will begin promptly at 12 noon and feature over 350 lots, with online bidding provided by LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com, eBay, and Auctionzip.com. The 4pm catalogued auction will feature 60 lots of erotic artwork, all from a single estate in Providence, RI.  Highlights will include four bronze groupings by Franz Bergman, three bronze figures by Bruno Zach, seven colored etchings by Claes Oldenburg, and three trompe l’oeil paintings by Pierre Ducordeau (b. 1928).